UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
By TIM SCULTHORPE, MAILONLINE DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR
The ex-head of the Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry has blamed a ‘relentless’ media ‘campaign’ for undermining confidence in her leadership and forcing her to quit.
Dame Lowell Goddard has refused to appear before MPs to explain her shock resignation in person, insisting she cab better explain her position in writing.
The New Zealand judge told MPs she believed campaigners published articles in the press in the hope of dealing a ‘fatal’ blow to the inquiry by forcing her to become the third head to resign the post.
In an eight-page written submission to the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC), the New Zealand judge acknowledged there were ‘tensions’ within the inquiry team.
But amid allegations of a string of concerns about her conduct before she resigned, the judge today insisted that concerns about the quality of her leadership were never raised with her.
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